diff --git a/internal/manager/config/defaults.go b/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
index 7091b1e0..69d48bca 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/defaults.go
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ var defaultConfig = Conf{
 				VariableValue{Platform: "darwin", Value: "blender " + DefaultBlenderArguments},
 			},
 		},
-		"ffmpeg": {
-			Values: VariableValues{
-				VariableValue{Platform: "linux", Value: "ffmpeg"},
-				VariableValue{Platform: "windows", Value: "ffmpeg.exe"},
-				VariableValue{Platform: "darwin", Value: "ffmpeg"},
-			},
-		},
 		// TODO: determine useful defaults for these.
 		// "job_storage": {
 		// 	IsTwoWay: true,
diff --git a/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go b/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
index 0d59601e..e74fc88f 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/settings_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ func TestDefaultSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, defaultConfig.LocalManagerStoragePath, config.LocalManagerStoragePath)
 	assert.Equal(t, defaultConfig.DatabaseDSN, config.DatabaseDSN)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, false, config.Variables["ffmpeg"].IsTwoWay)
-	assert.Equal(t, "ffmpeg", config.Variables["ffmpeg"].Values[0].Value)
-	assert.Equal(t, VariablePlatformLinux, config.Variables["ffmpeg"].Values[0].Platform)
+	assert.Equal(t, false, config.Variables["blender"].IsTwoWay)
+	assert.Equal(t, "blender "+DefaultBlenderArguments, config.Variables["blender"].Values[0].Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, VariablePlatformLinux, config.Variables["blender"].Values[0].Platform)
 
 	assert.Greater(t, config.BlocklistThreshold, 0)
 }
diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go b/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
index 8d98eddb..188139c7 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/job_compilers_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func TestSimpleBlenderRenderHappy(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(tVideo.Commands))
 	assert.Equal(t, "frames-to-video", tVideo.Commands[0].Name)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, AuthoredCommandParameters{
-		"exe":        "{ffmpeg}",
+		"exe":        "ffmpeg",
 		"inputGlob":  "/render/sprites/farm_output/promo/square_ellie/square_ellie.lighting_light_breakdown2__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/*.png",
 		"outputFile": "/render/sprites/farm_output/promo/square_ellie/square_ellie.lighting_light_breakdown2__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/scene123-1-10.mp4",
 		"fps":        int64(24),
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestSimpleBlenderRenderWindowsPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(tVideo.Commands))
 	assert.Equal(t, "frames-to-video", tVideo.Commands[0].Name)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, AuthoredCommandParameters{
-		"exe":        "{ffmpeg}",
+		"exe":        "ffmpeg",
 		"inputGlob":  "R:/sprites/farm_output/promo/square_ellie/square_ellie.lighting_light_breakdown2__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/*.png",
 		"outputFile": "R:/sprites/farm_output/promo/square_ellie/square_ellie.lighting_light_breakdown2__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/scene123-1-10.mp4",
 		"fps":        int64(24),
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func TestSimpleBlenderRenderOutputPathFieldReplacement(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tVideo := aj.Tasks[4] // This should be a video encoding task
 	assert.EqualValues(t, AuthoredCommandParameters{
-		"exe":        "{ffmpeg}",
+		"exe":        "ffmpeg",
 		"inputGlob":  "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/*.png",
 		"outputFile": "/root/2006-01-02_090405/jobname__intermediate-2006-01-02_090405/scene123-1-10.mp4",
 		"fps":        int64(24),
diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts-for-unittest/simple_blender_render.js b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts-for-unittest/simple_blender_render.js
index bd5f6f59..934cc995 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts-for-unittest/simple_blender_render.js
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts-for-unittest/simple_blender_render.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function authorCreateVideoTask(settings, renderDir) {
 
     const task = author.Task('preview-video', 'ffmpeg');
     const command = author.Command("frames-to-video", {
-        exe: "{ffmpeg}",
+        exe: "ffmpeg",
         fps: settings.fps,
         inputGlob: path.join(renderDir, `*${outfileExt}`),
         outputFile: outfile,
diff --git a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
index 0d8a54c7..1cab047c 100644
--- a/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
+++ b/internal/manager/job_compilers/scripts/simple_blender_render.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function authorCreateVideoTask(settings, renderDir) {
 
     const task = author.Task('preview-video', 'ffmpeg');
     const command = author.Command("frames-to-video", {
-        exe: "{ffmpeg}",
+        exe: "ffmpeg",
         fps: settings.fps,
         inputGlob: path.join(renderDir, `*${outfileExt}`),
         outputFile: outfile,
diff --git a/internal/worker/command_ffmpeg.go b/internal/worker/command_ffmpeg.go
index ee188a87..3dd7c3aa 100644
--- a/internal/worker/command_ffmpeg.go
+++ b/internal/worker/command_ffmpeg.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CreateVideoParams struct {
-	exe        string   // Expansion of `{ffmpeg}`: executable path + its CLI parameters defined by the Manager.
+	exe        string   // Executable path + its CLI parameters defined by the Manager.
 	fps        float64  // Frames per second of the video file.
 	inputGlob  string   // Glob of input files.
 	outputFile string   // File to save the video to.